Grady Martin

Grady Martin

Thomas Grady Martin (January 17, 1929 – December 3, 2001) was an American session guitarist in country music and rockabilly. A member of The Nashville A-Team, he played guitar on hits such as Marty Robbins' "El Paso", Loretta Lynn's "Coal Miner's Daughter" and Sammi Smith's "Help Me Make It Through the Night". During a nearly 50-year career, Martin backed such names as Hank Williams, Elvis Presley, Buddy Holly, Johnny Burnette, Don Woody and Arlo Guthrie, Johnny Cash, Patsy Cline and Bing Crosby. He is a member of the Rockabilly Hall of Fame and was elected to the Country Music Hall of Fame in March 2015.

Birth and Death Data: Born January 17, 1929 (Chapel Hill), Died December 3, 2001 (Lewisburg)

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1946 - 1969

Roles Represented in DAHR: guitar, electric guitar, leader, lead guitar, vocalist, violin, Dobro, mandolin, twelve-string guitar

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Recordings (Results 1076-1100 of 1162 records)

Company	Matrix No.	First Recording Date	Title	Primary Performer	Role
Decca	NA 13167	11/3/1964	You know you belong to somebody else	Burl Ives	instrumentalist, guitar
Decca	NA 13168	11/4/1964	Down in the Okefenokee	Burl Ives	instrumentalist, guitar
Decca	NA 13169	11/4/1964	(I hear you) Call my name	Burl Ives	instrumentalist, guitar
Decca	NA 13170	11/4/1964	Mr. Make up man	Burl Ives	instrumentalist, guitar
Decca	NA 13171	11/4/1964	River boy	Burl Ives	instrumentalist, guitar
Decca	NA 13277	2/9/1965	Drifting and dreaming	Burl Ives	instrumentalist, guitar
Decca	NA 13278	2/9/1965	Beyond the reef	Burl Ives	instrumentalist, guitar
Decca	NA 13279	2/9/1965	My isle of golden dreams	Burl Ives	instrumentalist, guitar
Decca	NA 13280	2/10/1965	Now is the hour	Burl Ives	instrumentalist, guitar
Decca	NA 13281	2/10/1965	Sweet Leilani	Burl Ives	instrumentalist, guitar
Decca	NA 13282	2/10/1965	The moon of Manakoora	Burl Ives	instrumentalist, guitar
Decca	NA 13283	2/10/1965	Song of the islands	Burl Ives	instrumentalist, guitar
Decca	NA 13288	2/12/1965	Aloha Oe	Burl Ives	instrumentalist, guitar
Decca	NA 13289	2/12/1965	Thirty thousand feet over Denver	Burl Ives	instrumentalist, guitar
Decca	NA 13290	2/12/1965	Betsy the cow	Burl Ives	instrumentalist, guitar
Decca	NA 13794	11/22/1965	Battle of New Orleans	Thomas "Grady" Martin	leader
Decca	NA 13795	11/22/1965	Ribbon of darkness	Thomas "Grady" Martin	leader
Decca	NA 13796	11/22/1965	May the bird of paradise fly up your nose	Thomas "Grady" Martin	leader
Decca	NA 13797	11/22/1965	I just can't let you say goodbye	Thomas "Grady" Martin	leader
Decca	NA 13876	1/13/1966	Make the world go away	Brenda Lee	instrumentalist, guitar, lead guitar
Decca	NA 13877	1/13/1966	The good life-1	Brenda Lee	instrumentalist, guitar, lead guitar
Decca	NA 13878	1/13/1966	Flowers on the wall	Brenda Lee	instrumentalist, guitar, lead guitar
Decca	NA 13879	1/13/1966	Yesterday	Brenda Lee	instrumentalist, guitar, lead guitar
Decca	NA 13880	1/14/1966	Remember when (we made these memories)	Brenda Lee	instrumentalist, guitar
Decca	NA 13881	1/14/1966	Bye bye blues	Brenda Lee	instrumentalist, guitar

(Results 1076-1100 of 1162 records)

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Martin, Grady," accessed November 22, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/352688.

Martin, Grady. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 22, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/352688.

"Martin, Grady." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 22 November 2024.